Prisoner#1 said:

Aopocetx said:

I have a question. What do you guys mean by silver coins? Are you saying there's actually silver coins in US circulation? What are they? Could they be some of the 50 cent pieces?

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any US silver coin prior to 1964 other than nickels are 90% silver

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Prisoner#1 said:

any of them other than the nickels, a quick way to tell the difference is by
the sound they make when dropped into other change, they have a higher pitch
than the copper clad coins we see most of today

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Prisoner#1 said:

any of them other than the nickels, a quick way to tell the difference is by
the sound they make when dropped into other change, they have a higher pitch
than the copper clad coins we see most of today

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another way is to look at the grooved edge of the quarter/dime.  The copper ones can usually be distinguished because their grooved edge will be two-toned:  half copper half silver.  The pre-64 ones will be SOLID silver.  easily distinguishable unless the coin is ungodly dirty.



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memes said:

fun story:


working at a fast-food restaraunt as a kid, I remember breaking a roll of quarters into the cash register and hearing them all clank into the plastic in a really weeeeeeird tone.  looked down and they were ALL pristine silver quarters

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memes said:

another way is to look at the grooved edge of the quarter/dime.  The copper ones can usually be distinguished because their grooved edge will be two-toned:  half copper half silver.  The pre-64 ones will be SOLID silver.  easily distinguishable unless the coin is ungodly dirty.

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memes said:

needless to say, i took a $10 bill from my wallet, put it in the register, and took those quarters out to my car

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memes said:

fun story:


working at a fast-food restaraunt as a kid, I remember breaking a roll of quarters into the cash register and hearing them all clank into the plastic in a really weeeeeeird tone.  looked down and they were ALL pristine silver quarters

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